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The North East was the engine of the world. It powered the planet with its coal, but transported it with its ships.
Though the docks are filled in, the collective memory of the hard graft and creaking hulls live on.
Scroll down to discover the famous shipyards which fuelled the growth of this great region.
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Wear
Laing Shipyard, Deptford
Sunderland
Deptford
Philip Laing (1818 - 1843), Thomas Simey (1834 - 1837) James Laing (1844 - 1898), Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. (1898 - 1965), Doxford & Sunderland Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd. (1966 - 1977), British Shipbuilders (1977 - 1986)
Updated:
14 May 2025
Created:
14 May 2025
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Wear
Bartram & Sons, South Dock Shipyard
Sunderland
Sunderland
Arthur Iliff, John Mounsey, Iliff & Mounsey & Co. (1866 - 1873), Robert Appleby Bartram, George Haswell (Bartram, Haswell & Co.), George Bartram, William Bartram (Bartram & Sons), Austin and Pickersgill (A&P)
Updated:
2 Apr 2025
Created:
22 May 2024
Map
Background photo: Readhead's Shipyard c1960 by Ronald Sanderson, copyright free from Tyne and Wear Archives
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